Re: Re: Phone cable wiring for HomeVision Phone/Serial add on...

["Frank Mc Alinden" <fmcalind@xxxxxxx>]

Hi  Andy> Caller ID - yer 'avin a laugh... NTL have decided that people
in
N.I. don't want caller ID...!!!


> I'm pretty sure it should work in the UK (or maybe only the mainland
;o))

Surely N.I. use the same dial tone  etc ???

> I have disconnected all other devices from the line - only thing
connected
is Phone add-  on .and a phone into the master socket.

Try removing the main phone ???

> Caller ID - yer 'avin a laugh... NTL have decided that people in N.I.
don't want caller ID...!!!

Down here in the colonies it was no problem......Is NTL ...The old post
office ??? they need some competition by sounds of it .........

Frank



----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx;
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx;
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Phone cable wiring for HomeVision Phone/Serial
add
on...


> Hi Frank,
>
> It's a unit I'm "trying before buying"...
> I'm pretty sure it should work in the UK (or maybe only the mainland
;o))
> Not sure what could be wrong but I need to sort out the cable first...
>
> I have disconnected all other devices from the line - only thing
connected
is Phone add-on and a phone into the master socket.
> All extesnsions disconnected.
>
> Thanks,
> Andy.
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Frank Mc Alinden
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:40 AM
>   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Phone cable wiring for HomeVision
Phone/Serial
add on...
>
>
>   Hi Andy
>               Is the unit a brand new unit sourced  in the UK
...???....I
>   recently tried to get the phone/serial unit but apparently it doesnt
detect
>   the Aussie dial tone and did some googling looking for a chip that
was
>   suitable for aussie...Looks like theres a different chip for the
UK..
>   Cant you trace the connections on the pcb for the line in ????
>   Frank
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Andrew Kilgore" <amkilgore@xxxxxxx;
>   To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx;
>   Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 9:29 PM
>   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Phone cable wiring for HomeVision
Phone/Serial
add
>   on...
>
>
>   > The story so far (today)...
>   > I initially tried:
>   >
>   > BT Pin 2 ---> RJ Pin 2
>   > BT Pin 5 ---> RJ Pin 3
>   >
>   > This didn't appear to work, so I swapped the wires round (BT 2
-> RJ
3, BT
>   5 -> RJ 2).
>   > This gave slightly better results: HV could now detect on/off
hook but
>   could not receive or send any DTMF tones.
>   > Swapping back to the original setup (above) results in
receiving SOME
DTMF
>   tones, no joy sending DTMF or detecting on/off hook conditions (plus
added
>   some noise to the line).
>   >
>   > Any ideas...?
>   >
>   > (Surely someone out there has one of these and could just check
the
cable
>   for me ;o))
>   >
>   > Thanks,
>   > Andy.
>   >   ----- Original Message -----
>   >   From: Richard Malcolm-Smith
>   >   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   >   Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 10:08 AM
>   >   Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Phone cable wiring for HomeVision
Phone/Serial
>   add on...
>   >
>   >
>   >   Andrew Kilgore wrote:
>   >
>   >   > Hi David,
>   >   >
>   >   > Think I will try it again with just 2 wires connected...
>   >
>   >   A lot of devices over there bring the line out on the outer
pair, as
>   that is the
>   >   often unused second line in the building wiring.
>   >
>   >   If you use a cable with all 4 wires intact, you end up
shorting out
your
>   ringer
>   >   capacitor in the phone socket, depending on polarity, either
all
phones
>   will
>   >   ring nonstop or you will have a line that cuts callers off as
soon
as it
>   rings.
>   >
>   >   Try with 2, and if that works you may need to make up a
breakout
style
>   cable to
>   >   get your phones downstream of the device, I had to do that
with my
US
>   sourced
>   >   fax switch some time back. It however shipped with 2 or 3
adaptors
to
>   allow you
>   >   to plug phones into the second pair so the need for it was a
bit
more
>   obvious.
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